Matina
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| Name | Matina | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.389 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | Elders & Fyffes Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-31 (Wilfried Prellberg) | ||
| Position | 57.30N, 16.31W - Grid AL 3880 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 69 (69 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Antonio, Jamaica - Garston | ||
| Cargo | 1500 tons of bananas | ||
| History | Completed in March 1929 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.32 hours on 26 Oct, 1940, the unescorted Matina (Master David Alexander Jack) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-28 (Kuhnke) west of Rockall, after the ship had been missed by a first torpedo at 21.50 hours the day before. The U-boat then surfaced and fired 28 rounds with her 8,8cm deckgun, achieved 15 hits and left the vessel in a sinking condition. At 22.00 hours on 29 October, U-31 reported the sinking of a drifting wreck by coup de grāce, this must have been the Matina. The master, 66 crew members and two gunners were lost. The first U-boat had observed that the crew abandoned ship, but they were never seen again. | ||
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